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I dig it with context. I did the same thing in 2001 when I decided to go back to my original career of tile and flooring.

I got into IS/IT in 1998 after a decade in flooring and worked a couple jobs until I found some wicked smart programmers and they made a search engine while I was “adult supervision”. Fact was, I bought my first suit in '99 and played businessman. It was typical dot-com startup energy, we had some crappy office space that I renovated with some help from my ex-employees on the construction side. Found some venture capital in our new smelling conference room. Bought a foosball and air hockey table. Some weird automatic coffee machine that never worked right. Hired a receptionist/office manager. Bought lunch every day from a takeout or delivery place on the company card. MANY late nights and we’d either chip in for dinner or I’d buy, because lets face it, I was riding their coattails. I could negotiate and write emails, I made sure the network stayed up and I was a good shit filter.

By mid 2001 we sold that search engine to a porn clip website which is since defunct. Not fuckyou money but definitely set the fortunes of the seven of us. Those six guys all went on to do various shit and by all measures are successful with a work/life balance. They all have families now and the kids are either grown or still in college. The only guy I really kept in touch with immediately went into a large university IT department, he’s been there since. I took my money and went all-in with tile and flooring and I worked my ass off for 15 years. Stacked money, got a little lucky with mining bitcoin, and now I have a 401k and a mutual fund.

Now I work 40/week for another company and they know I can technically walk away any time I want at 54 years old. (note: the latest stock market shit may have weakened my position but I refuse to look during the panic period). It’s fucking EASY compared to either the dot-com startup or the 15 years after that. I mean, I worked 16 hour days on dark, humid bathrooms just to finish on schedule. 70 hour weeks setting tile will really wear your ass out.

So I guess this is a long ass post to say, “I understand the grind, but you can’t do it for 30 years. If you have an exit plan then grind away but if you don’t see that brass ring in front of you stop killing yourself.”

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I’m tired of all these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!

Duh. Everyone knows you’re supposed to lie down for a little opium. Talk about a faux pas.

You look hungry. Make it a double?

Egg producers may want a vaccine that can be administered in food or water so they don’t have to give shots to millions of birds.

Hell, I don’t want to give my 9 chickens shots. Put it in treats, plz

Casio G-Shock / Fallout Collab?

Huh, it’s almost like EU powers have seen the problem with having an unpredictable outsider control thier means of defense.

Imagine trying to preflight your fancy F35 and seeing the Tesla, “please wait for update” screen.

That shit was legend. I mean, we were still using BBSs and phone phreaking. Here’s this ubernerd that BROKE INTO the television signal. We bow before you, kinky ubernerd.

Have you tried being cooler? Kidding, listen to the sailor at the top

Yeah, but so what? The goal is to get people onto transit not into smaller cars. And I say that as a tradesman who drives every day with my pickup truck full of tools.

If bigger vehicles make more traffic what does it matter? Line doesn’t go up as fast?

When it happens (and I think we all know it’s going to happen) many local public radio stations will have to close. The ones that remain will be free from the “no advertising” restriction so at least they will be able to run ads for local business to make up the difference. It’s going to be a sad day.

C’mon! Who owns the means?

What’s the alternative, the state leeching my labor value? How do the workers own the means of production if they don’t create the means of production?

Someone has to provide the capital (oooh, scary word) to start the whole enterprise. If that’s you and me coming together with a couple of computers and a grand idea or a truck and set of tools and we’re going to go repair people’s houses, the market is the best way for us to thrive.

I just balance it out by alternating. I’m so macho I have to watch out how much I increase my testosterone.